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Beastie Boys Reveal Cancer, Cancel Tour via YouTube

It's never easy when you find out that you have cancer, but when you're Adam Yauch (aka MCA) of the legendary Beastie Boys, and you're going on tour, it's got to be even harder. Adam was diagnosed with cancer in his parotid (salivary) gland last week, and thus the Beastie Boys have had to cancel all of their upcoming appearances.

Instead of holding a press conference or putting out a statement to announce the news though, MCA and bandmate Adam Horovitz made and released a short, simple, and somewhat lighthearted YouTube video where they break the news. In it, both Adams discuss the news and try to place a lighter spin on it for the fans (and themselves).

Once again, social media proves to be one of the most effective, intimate, and genuine ways to reach an audience (the video's already surpassed 50,000 views). We're sure Beastie Boy fans are disappointed they won't get to see the boys in person for a while, but understand that MCA has to deal with his cancer head-on. Luckily, it looks as if the cancer was caught early and is treatable.

We wish MCA the best of luck with his recovery from cancer. Here's the announcement video:

And because we don't want to end on such a somber note, here are the Beastie Boys playing Sabotage live (I wanted to embed "Fight for Your Right" but embedding is disabled for their music videos).

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